Brianna

=__**Journal Entry: Day 1**__=

Today I went to Ford Field where I took a tour around the stadium. The tour cost was five dollars for me. There were twenty-four other people with me on the tour. The tour guide said the stadium fits 65,000 people and 8,600 are club seats. I asked the tour guide what we are doing on the tour and she told me we were taking a tour of whole stadium. I saw the locker room and touched the field. The tour was a lot of fun, except for the locker rooms there were sticky.

After the tour at Ford Field I met up with Judith Guest at Subway. Judith was born in 1936 in Detroit. She is a famous writer and wrote the books __Ordinary People__ and __Second Heaven__.

After eating lunch with Judith Guest I met up with Diana Ross at the Oakland Mall and Shopping Center. Diana Ross is famous for singing/actress. Her hit song is “Where Did Love Go” Now I’m on my way to my Hotel in East Lansing. = =

=__**Journal Entry: Day 2**__=

I left my hotel in the morning to go to Jenison Field House. The field house was very interesting. As I walked through it I learned that the MSU’s (Michigan State University’s) used the field house. It is still being used for sports.

After visiting the Jenison Field House, I drove to the State Capital in Lansing. I took a guided tour around the Capital. I learned that there are two branches of the government in the Capital building. They are the Legislative and the Executive branches. It was a very interesting building.

I was a little tired but I hopped into my car and drove to Davenport University where I walked around. The Davenport University is a private school that is focused on business, technology, and the health professions. I sure enjoyed the atmosphere of the University.

It has been a very long day so I drove to the hotel that I booked a room at. I got to my room, laid on my bed and fell straight to sleep**.**

=**__Journal Entry: Day 3__**=

I woke up and drove to Calvin College. On my way I stopped at Mc. Donald’s for breakfast. Then I toured The Campus. The guide said,’’ there are more than 4,000 students at Calvin College.’’ He also said,’’ this campus has a total of 400 acres and is a Christian College.

After the tour I drove to Crystal Mountain in Thompsonville. When I was at Crystal Mountain I walked through the artwork displayed throughout 1.6 miles.

When I was done walking through the 1.6 miles of artwork I drove to Sleeping Bears Dunes National Lake Shore. Good thing I brought my swimsuit. I’m going swimming, I thought to myself. Before I went swimming I checked into my room. When I was done swimming I went back to my room and took a nap because I was tired. I woke up and walked around the park. I saw a little restaurant so I stopped to have some dinner. After dinner I went back to my room to go to sleep for my big drive tomorrow

=**__J____ournal Entry: Day 4__**=

This morning I left Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore where I slept in a log cabin. I was driving to Newberry. In Newberry I went fishing. I caught a Croppy, two Blue Gills, and a Perch. I also canoed to the Twohearted River made famous by Ernest Hemingway,a famous writer. He was from Michigan.

After I was done canoeing I drove to Big Springs where I rope pulled myself a crossed the spring. The water was crystal clear. I could see the fish moving in the water below.

When I was done pulling myself back to the other side of the spring I went to my car and drove to Manistique to eat dinner, relax, and to sleep. For dinner I went to Big Boy. At Big Boy I ate a cheeseburger. My drink was chocolate malt. For desert I had a slice of strawberry pie. Then I went swimming at the beach. After I was done swimming I went to my hotel and went to sleep for my drive to Mount Avon tomorrow.

=**__Journal Entry: Day 5__**=

When I woke up this morning I drove to Mount Avon in L’Anse. When I got to Mount Avon I climb to the top of the mountain and signed my name in the book.

When I got back down to the bottom of the mountain I drove to Hancock to visit some family members. They just had there first baby and they named her Olivia. I helped take care of Olivia and they showed me around Hancock.

After they showed me around Hancock I drove a crossed the river way to Houghton. In Houghton I looked around the town and went to the Super 8 hotel, where I went to sleep.

=**__Journal Entry: Day 6__**=

This morning, I woke up and went to dock where my boat was leaving to go to Isle Royale National Park. It is five hour journey. On the way, I passed under the heaviest lift bridge. My boat was named Ranger Three. It was donated by the National Park Service specifically to bridge the gap between the island and the mainland. I saw fish in the water and water all around me as far as I could see. When I got to the island, I got off at the dock and went to the visitor’s center where I checked in. I then went to my cabin half a mile away on the lakeshore. I was tired so I went to sleep listening to the water rushing up on the shore.

=**__Journal Entry: Day 7__**=

When I woke up the next morning, I went back to the visitor’s center. This is where a tour began. The tour was called Hidden Lake and the guide told us there were copper mines all over the island. The tour is 60,512 feet long and winds through the island which is all forest. The island has 523,842 acres of water and 133,781.87 acres of land. The tour took a long time so I am staying overnight to rest up for my long trip tomorrow.

=**__Journal Entry: Day 8__**=

This morning, I woke up and walked back to the dock so I could board the boat to go back to the main land. As I waited to set sail, I thought about all the things I learned about the island. Did you know? It took 10,000 years for the earth to sculpt, build and be planted for the island to develop to what it is today.

When I got back to Houghton, I drove to Soo Canals where I looked around the docks. This was first opened to the public in 1850. It was built to bypass the rapids of the St. Mary’s River.

I had eight days of fun traveling around the State of Michigan, __but boy am I tired now!__